[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I mean the easiest option here would be to give him a different role in the store but in all honesty if I saw this I'd just think 'okay, let me find the next till', buy my alcohol and leave wouldn't then kick up a fuss about it on Twitter for retweets



I doubt that's the reason either but to be fair I don't know what the legality would be of publicly declaring the age of one of your employees, particularly if/when they are A) underaged and B) actually pictured. Surely there'd be some sort of data protection laws against that kind of thing?



I see the comparison but that was a little different in the sense they were refusing point blank to serve a customer a cake with a message they disagreed with, whereas in this Aldi you can still buy alcohol, just not at that particular checkout

Both are for religious reasons? other bakeries are available. All they needed to do was treat him like an under 18 and have a store manager check the alcohol through, that for Aldi would have been a bit problematic as there never seems to be a manager available ..

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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Both are for religious reasons? other bakeries are available. All they needed to do was treat him like an under 18 and have a store manager check the alcohol through, that for Aldi would have been a bit problematic as there never seems to be a manager available ..

The religion isn't the issue, it is whether or not the customer is being discriminated against by not being allowed to purchase something. The bakery refused to bake a cake that a customer requested, Aldi is not refusing to sell alcohol, just saying that you cannot do so at one particular checkout. The customers aren't being forced to go to another supermarket.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Jack_

The religion isn't the issue, it is whether or not the customer is being discriminated against by not being allowed to purchase something. The bakery refused to bake a cake that a customer requested, Aldi is not refusing to sell alcohol, just saying that you cannot do so at one particular checkout. The customers aren't being forced to go to another supermarket.

It is the issue if it is getting special treatment. What you do for one 'cause' you have to do for all otherwise it is favouritism and that is not acceptable. No religion should get preferential treatment.